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Political commentator, author and Antiwar.com columnist Pat Buchanan discusses the likely consequences of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan, America’s unwise foreign policy toward Russia and the inevitable end of the American empire.

Patrick J. Buchanan was twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the Reform Party’s candidate in 2000. He is also a founder and editor of The American Conservative magazine. Now a commentator and columnist, he served three presidents in the White House, was a founding panelist of three national television shows, and is the author of seven books.